Issues Affecting American Indians in Tennessee
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Issues Affecting American Indians in Tennessee

Re: the TCIA's 7+ violations of state law admitted by its lawyer, the state Attorney General

Correct. It makes one wonder how they thought they could get away with it? Did they really think the attorney general was that stupid? I mean, they were not dealing with your average elected official, he did at least manage to pass the Bar. Even if the state brought every charge possible and imposed the harshest penalities, I have serious doubts they'd ever recover much monetary compensation. These guys would all be crying poverty faster than the speed of light.
PS, maybe the AG missed the "collusion" angle, perhaps you should drop a bug in his ear...

Re: the TCIA's 7+ violations of state law admitted by its lawyer, the state Attorney General

Donna D

PS, maybe the AG missed the "collusion" angle,
perhaps you should drop a bug in his ear...

i don't think he 'missed' anything.
more likely he minimized charges & prosecution to save time, money & bad publicity.
he copped a plea on one charge for a state agency, and got a take-back on the state action.
neat & clean.
as little action as possible.
as little reaction as possible.

& it's all still there in case anybody ever wants to come back for more.

the state didn't really punish anybody.
the culture clubs' toy, the TCIA, was being terminated anyway,
and the state just took away their lollipop.
the real punishment will come over these next several years
when they find the stain of their actions won't go away
and their social capital is worthless.

i presume they'll try again in january to introduce a few bills,
but with Ramsey's loss & Mumpower gone, their patron saints
ain't what they used to be. and given that everybody on
the hill is now very familiar with their attempt at
running around state laws, and will be reminded of
such by the AG, my bets are that none of their
proposals will make it out of committee.